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/ˈkɑljəm/ /ˈkɒləm/

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Säule, Pfeiler

A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.

Examples :

"The house's front porch had a row of sturdy wooden columns supporting the roof. "

Die Veranda des Hauses hatte eine Reihe von stabilen Holzsäulen, die das Dach trugen.

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Spalte

A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.

Examples :

"The student wrote her name in the first column of the attendance sheet. "

Die Schülerin schrieb ihren Namen in die erste Spalte der Anwesenheitsliste.

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Kolonne, Marschkolonne

A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.

Examples :

"The marching band's column snaked its way down the street. "

Die Kolonne der Marschkapelle schlängelte sich die Straße entlang.

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Spalte

A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.

Examples :

"It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns."

Es war zu schwer, den Text über die gesamte Seite zu lesen, also teilte ich ihn in zwei Spalten auf.

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Spalte

A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.

Examples :

"Each column inch costs $300 a week; this ad is four columns by three inches, so will run $3600 a week."

Jede Spaltenzoll kostet 300 Dollar pro Woche; diese Anzeige ist vier Spalten mal drei Zoll groß, also kostet sie 3600 Dollar pro Woche.

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Kolumne

(by extension) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.

Examples :

"His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper."

Sein erster Ausflug in die Printmedien war als Autor einer wöchentlichen Kolumne in der Zeitung seiner Grundschule.

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Säule, Spalte

Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.

Examples :

"The building's central support structure is a strong, tall column of reinforced concrete. "

Die zentrale Tragstruktur des Gebäudes ist eine starke, hohe Säule aus Stahlbeton.

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Gynostemium

The gynostemium

Examples :

"The orchid's column is a fascinating structure. "

Die Säule der Orchidee ist eine faszinierende Struktur.

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Säule, Trennsäule

(chemistry) An object used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.

Examples :

"The scientist used a column to separate the different colored dyes in the ink. "

Der Wissenschaftler verwendete eine Trennsäule, um die verschiedenfarbigen Farbstoffe in der Tinte zu trennen.

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